There is an excellent article What's
The Real Cost of Australia's Submarine Capability? by senior analyst, Marcus
Hellyer, for Australian Strategic Policy Institute's (ASPI's) THE
STRATEGIST website. Here he comments on the sheer complexity of costing
Australia's current Collins-class submarine program and the more than $1 Billion already
spent on Australia's future Attack-class submarines.
I publish on subs, other naval, nuclear weapons & broad political issues. Aussie sub changes are slow: talk since 2009 rather than actual new subs. On the Collins LOTE 2028-2040 see https://www.asa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2024-10/CollinsClassLOTE-Factsheet.pdf . Trump may decide to cancel the AUKUS Virginia offer due to USN advice the USN needs all operational SSNs through to the 2040s to mainly face China. Gessler & Shawn C are excellent contributors.
August 24, 2021
Collins & Attack-class Submarine Costings Very Complex
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